June 16, 2014

Hey everybody!!! The theme of last week was "Cette semaine est notre semaine!" (This week is our week!) I probably annoyed my comp the whole week because I said that a lot. haha.

Well the beginning of last week was super hard. All of our appointments ended up not working out and we didn't find anybody. It was very discouraging and I remember just praying and praying. I still didn't give up on the fact that "this week is our week" though.

So on Friday me and my comp decided to do some late night contacting in centre ville (the middle of town) before we had to be back at 9pm.  So we did and we saw a great miracle. We found this guy named Feran. He speaks English and French and he is from Iraq. We taught him the restoration and he was very interested and we fixed an appointment to meet with him and his family. It felt so great to finally find someone because Elder Willden and I have been working really hard this transfer. It was so great to know that God is always there for you and will always be there to guide his elect unto him. I am just glad that I could find this nice young guy and his family.

So on Sunday night we taught Feran and his family. He is hte only one that speaks English and French so the language barrier is a little difficult but we showed the the Book of Mormon in Arabic online so that all of them could read it. They said they will so I am really excited to watch what will happen with them.

Another great blessing this week was that we were able to contact two of our potentials and we set up appointments with them and their families. I was thinking this week as well that the church mainly grows through families and how amazingly blessed we were to find a lot of young families here in Amiens. It was a really peaceful experience.

I just want to tell all of you that God is there. He hears our prayers and that if we have faith in him and do his will everything will work out for the better.

I hope that all of you have an amazing week! :)

I love you guys!!!

Elder Peterson

Mom's notes:  Elder Willden is from Charlotte, NC.  Soldes is getting ready to start soon.  This is one of two times during the year that stores can have sales so the missionaries usually save up to buy something during this time.  The other two missionaries in their apartment are Elder Oliverson and Elder Weston.  It rains a lot in France no matter what the season.  Transfers are on July 9th.